FILM DIRECTOR

Gregg Araki

1959 - Today

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Gregg Araki (born December 17, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is noted for his involvement with the New Queer Cinema movement. His Teenage Apocalypse film trilogy, consisting of Totally F***ed Up (1993), The Doom Generation (1995) and Nowhere (1997), has been heralded as a cult classic. His film Kaboom (2010) was the inaugural winner of the Queer Palm at the Cannes Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gregg Araki is the 1,297th most popular film director (up from 1,372nd in 2019), the 9,319th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,351st in 2019) and the 343rd most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gregg Araki ranks 1,297 out of 2,041Before him are Leonid Trauberg, Tony Kaye, Kjell Grede, Michael Caton-Jones, Roman Abelevich Kachanov, and Rob Bowman. After him are Pierre Morel, Céline Sciamma, George Abbott, Eric Kripke, Julie Taymor, and Fyodor Bondarchuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Gregg Araki ranks 372Before him are Erkki-Sven Tüür, Jayne Atkinson, Salvador Sánchez, Noureddine Bedoui, Talia Balsam, and Waldemar Pawlak. After him are Nobuo Kishi, Clint Howard, Marcelo Ebrard, Vigdis Hjorth, Jim Kerr, and Luis Fernando Suárez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gregg Araki ranks 9,321 out of 20,380Before him are Christopher Paolini (1983), Robert A. Parker (1936), Richard Davalos (1930), Jim Elliot (1927), Garrett Morris (1937), and Walter Reuther (1907). After him are Brain (1963), Sherman Hemsley (1938), Phillip Rhee (1960), Jennifer Hudson (1981), Bob Einstein (1942), and Gwendolyn Brooks (1917).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Gregg Araki ranks 343Before him are Tommy Lee Wallace (1949), Max Hardcore (1956), Peter Berg (1962), Alfred E. Green (1889), Leon Shamroy (1901), and Rob Bowman (1960). After him are George Abbott (1887), Eric Kripke (1974), Julie Taymor (1952), Steve Miner (1951), Roger Allers (1949), and Alan Crosland (1894).